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Radical 18

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Pinyin:
  
dāo

Wade–Giles:
  
tao1

Jyutping:
  
dou1

Bopomofo:
  
ㄉㄠ

Cantonese Yale:
  
dou1

Hiragana:
  
かたな katana

Radical 18

Radical 18 meaning "knife" is one of 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 2 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 377 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1. 
  • Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2

    • References

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